Example sentences of "though it is [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those in the Culpeper vault at Hollingbourne , Kent , fall into this category , though it is just possible that the flat-lidded rectangular shell encasing Elizabeth Culpeper ( d.1638 ) did have an outer case . |
| 2 | And the principal point of agreement is the agreement between the neurotic prohibition , which like the taboo , is something that the neurotic can not bring themselves to do , fears for the consequences if they do do it , and er , feels constrained by some irrational force er , to obey , even though it is n't rational . |
| 3 | There is now a wide variety of special hardware and software for handicapped people , much of it designed to work with the BBC , Archimedes and IBM PC-compatible computers commonly used in schools , though it is equally applicable to adults . |
| 4 | It has become clear over the years that a level of formality is required for fair and impartial decision making , though it is equally clear that proper decision making does not always require ritual conduct or observance of the formal rules of evidence . |
| 5 | Years ago , in a Sky at Night television programme , I referred to these three as making up the ‘ Summer Triangle ’ , and nowadays everyone seems to use the term , though it is completely unofficial and in any case does not apply to the southern hemisphere , where June is midwinter . |
| 6 | Dutch Medieval work is very typical of the Baltic area , though it is generally plainer than that of neighbouring Germany . |
| 7 | In the first place , we can not say that the coins recovered from a site , whether by excavation or otherwise , represent a cross-section of coins in use on that site , even though it is generally true that coins are dropped in proportion to the amount of times they are handled or passed from hand to hand . |
| 8 | State 3 to State 4 — usually if the approximate number of blocks for the item was estimated too high , resulting in Offline believing that there is more space available even though it is physically full |
| 9 | State 3 to state 4 — usually if the approximate number of blocks for the item was estimated too high , resulting in Offline believing there is more space available even though it is physically full |
| 10 | Its breed society considers it to be a dual-purpose type , though it is rather slow-maturing for beef . |
| 11 | This approach is not always the most effective in getting definite action ; though it is most effective at setting people on course and giving them purpose . |
| 12 | This stance has a very small target profile indeed , though it is wide open to the foot sweep and also reduces the competitor 's choice of technique to the back fist or the side kick . |
| 13 | It spans a period of over 600 years , i.e. from about 1900 BC to about 1250 BC , though it is notoriously difficult to be sure of dates at this early stage of Israel 's history . |
| 14 | One very useful consequence of Lemma 3 above is that , if we want to prove a new algebraic law , it will usually be sufficient to prove it for finite programs , for example , consider the law unc This ( the conventional binary associative law of SEQ ) is not trivially deducible fro our existing laws , even though it is semantically true . |
| 15 | Mr Major has never visited the shop , even though it is not far from his home and Mrs Major only visited occasionaly . |
| 16 | The manner of the rejection on the floor of the Chamber was unpleasant , with ranting and prejudice flaunted and loud , though it is not certain whether such sickening speeches moved sober MPs . |
| 17 | For iron it is about 1000 K. This is a plausible explanation of the Mercurian field , though it is not certain that a slowly cooling core would end up with an appreciable magnetic dipole moment . |
| 18 | We have little idea of how well other old people cope without the help of the formal sector , though it is not unreasonable to suppose that many struggle in a considerable degree of discomfort and risk . |
| 19 | Several rhynchosaurs have been found in association with fragments of plants ( though it is not possible to say from a juxtaposition of fossils whether those fragments were ever inside the animal ) and the diet probably consisted of leaves , stems , fruit and seeds of seed-ferns , conifers , ginkgos , equisitales ( horsetails ) and ferns ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 20 | He insists that in the last analysis there is a fundamental difference between believing in ahi sā , even though it is not possible to behave non-violently in all life 's circumstances , and believing in hi sā . |
| 21 | Though it is not possible to determine the relative roles of revegetation and acidic precipitation from this work along , in conjunction with other studies Renberg et al . |
| 22 | ‘ Though it is not cool anywhere . |
| 23 | If so , and if we can measure it ( though it is not easy to do so ) , that again tells us something about their welfare . |
| 24 | Bacon , as an advocate of really long-term investment , said the concentration on tobacco was ‘ to the untimely prejudice of the main business ’ , though it is not easy to see what he thought the main business of a plantation ought to be — his essay was full of sensible advice , much of it showing signs of the influence of the Virginia experience , but he never explained why people should want to support this sort of enterprise , unless it was to be part of a programme for sending people abroad to reduce overpopulation . |
| 25 | Most such acute psychiatric wards are now sited in district general hospitals ; and even though it is not essential for in-patient facilities of this type to be in the same place as other medical specialties , it is often helpful for elderly people , in particular , to be treated where specialist medical advice on physical illness and disability is readily available . |
| 26 | Many people look back on a moment of conversion — though it is not essential to be able to point to such a moment — with awe and wonder . |
| 27 | I assent to the judgment proposed , though it is not that which I had originally thought proper . |
| 28 | The volume contained by the magnetopause is called the magnetosphere , though it is not spherical , the ‘ sphere ’ implying the sphere of influence of the Jovian magnetic field . |
| 29 | Advertising is possible though it is not common practice . |
| 30 | A private Member can not command the services of the Parliamentary Draftsman , though it is not unknown for him to render advice and assistance . |